Basics Music theory

In the system of written Western musical notation, five lines drawn horizontally across a sheet of music are known collectively as:

• the ledger

• the staff

• the clef

• the pitch

On a staff, a notehead is represented by which of the following shapes?

• an oval

• a bar

• a triangle

• a rectangle

Which of the following is the name assigned to the symbol at the beginning of the staff that is used to determine the pitch of a particular line?

• Clef

• grand staff

• ledger

• flag

The position of a single sound within the complete range of sound is known as:

• Tone

• resonance

• timbre

• pitch

Which of the following is the term used to describe a small line that extends the musical staff above or below and that is drawn parallel to the staff across a notehead and sometimes across the note stem?

• ledger line

• accidental

• octave

• stave

Which scale is the only major scale that does not use sharps or flats?

• A major

• C major

• F major

• D major

what is this in music?

• key signature

• note signature

• time signature

• dynamics signature

top number tells

• what note get the beat

• what dynimics per measure

• how many beats per measure

• how fast you will play